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Yvette Cooper vs Michelle Welsh

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
vs
Photograph of Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 171 shared comparable votes.

171 same votes 0 different votes 171 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 650
Participation
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 157 of 650
1,502
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
493
601 eligible divisions
861
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
50.7% of votes cast
641
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Appearances
58
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
1,129
+979.9 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
70
-79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Migration
149 of 171 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
Trade
71 of 94 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
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